s 35 Board of Visitors
35.—(1) The Minister may appoint persons to be members of a Board of Visitors.[Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025] (1A) An appointment under subsection (1) must be published in the Gazette.[Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025] (2) The Board of Visitors consists of —(a) Special Visitors; and (b) General Visitors. (3) A person is not qualified to be a Special Visitor unless he or she —(a) is a registered medical practitioner or appears to the Minister to have other suitable qualifications or training; and (b) appears to the Minister to have special knowledge of and experience in cases of impairment of or disturbance in the functioning of the mind or brain. (4) A General Visitor need not have a medical qualification. (5) A member of the Board of Visitors —(a) may be appointed for such term and subject to such conditions; and (b) may be paid such remuneration and allowances, as the Minister may determine. (6) For the purpose of carrying out his or her functions under this Act in relation to a person who lacks capacity (“P”), a member of the Board of Visitors may, at all reasonable times, examine and take copies of —(a) any health record; and (b) any record held by any person and compiled in connection with a social services function, so far as the record relates to P. (7) A member of the Board of Visitors may also for that purpose interview P in private.